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Session H2: Neutrinos I

Sponsoring Units: DPF DNP
Chair: Hamish Robertson, University of Washington
Room: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront Grand 1

Sunday, April 15, 2007 8:30AM - 9:06AM		H2.00001: The Beginning of the End of an Era: Analysis after the shutdown of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 9:06AM - 9:42AM		H2.00002: Results from Super Kamiokande Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 9:42AM - 10:18AM		H2.00003: The KamLAND Experiment: Measuring Terrestrial and Solar Neutrinos Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session H3: Dark Matter

Sponsoring Units: DPF DAP
Chair: Bernard Sadoulet, University of California, Berkeley
Room: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront Grand 2

Sunday, April 15, 2007 8:30AM - 9:06AM		H3.00001: Looking for WIMP Dark Matter using Ultra-Cold Detectors and Other Techniques Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 9:06AM - 9:42AM		H3.00002: Noble liquid detectors for dark matter. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 9:42AM - 10:18AM		H3.00003: A microwave cavity search for axions Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session H4: Tevatron Collider Results

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Cecilia Gerber, University of Illinois at Chicago
Room: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront Grand 3

Sunday, April 15, 2007 8:30AM - 9:06AM		H4.00001: Recent Measurements of the Top Quark from Fermilab Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 9:06AM - 9:42AM		H4.00002: Electroweak physics and Higgs Searches at the Tevatron Collider Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 9:42AM - 10:18AM		H4.00003: Looking for new physics at the Tevatron collider Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session H5: Precision Experiments and Tests of Fundamental Laws

Sponsoring Units: GFC
Chair: Harvey Gould, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Room: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront Grand 6

Sunday, April 15, 2007 8:30AM - 9:06AM		H5.00001: Science with LIGO Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 9:06AM - 9:42AM		H5.00002: Ultrasensitive Searches for the Axion Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 9:42AM - 10:18AM		H5.00003: Preferred Frame and CP-Violation Tests with Polarized Electrons Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session H7: Gravity Probe B

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: Clifford Will, Washington University at St. Louis
Room: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront Grand 8

Sunday, April 15, 2007 8:30AM - 9:06AM		H7.00001: The Gravity Probe B Science Instrument. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 9:06AM - 9:42AM		H7.00002: The Development Challenges of Gravity Probe-B -- an ongoing partnership between Physics and Engineering. Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 9:42AM - 10:18AM		H7.00003: Gravity Probe B Data Analysis Challenges, Insights, and Results Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session H9: Physics Education Research

Sponsoring Units: FEd
Chair: Richard Peterson, Bethel College
Room: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront City Terrace 5

Sunday, April 15, 2007 8:30AM - 9:06AM		H9.00001: Improving student learning in physics: The challenge of identifying effective instructional strategies Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 9:06AM - 9:42AM		H9.00002: Abstract or Concrete: Which is better for learning and transfer? Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 9:42AM - 10:18AM		H9.00003: Investigative Science Learning Environment: Motivation and Outcomes Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract

Session H10: Static Few-Body Effects (Bound States)

Sponsoring Units: GFB
Chair: Viatcheslav Kokoouline, University of Central Florida
Room: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront City Terrace 6

Sunday, April 15, 2007 8:30AM - 8:42AM		H10.00001: Energy Distribution of SiO2/Si Interface Traps: Experiments and Theory Chih-Tang Sah, Bin B. Jie, Zuhui Chen Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 8:42AM - 8:54AM		H10.00002: Effects of Concentration and Energy Distribution of Electronic Interface Traps on Electrical Characteristics of Metal-Oxide-Silicon (MOS) Capacitors and Transistors. Bin B. Jie, Zuhui Chen, Chih-Tang Sah Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 8:54AM - 9:06AM		H10.00003: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 9:06AM - 9:18AM		H10.00004: A Moebius-Strip Representation of the Matrix-Product Periodic System of Diatomic Molecules Ray Hefferlin Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 9:18AM - 9:30AM		H10.00005: Correlation between bound and continuous states of three identical particles Nicolas Douguet, Viatcheslav Kokoouline Preview Abstract

Session H11: MeV Gamma Ray Astronomy and Astroplasma Processes

Sponsoring Units: DAP
Chair: James Ryan, University of New Hampshire
Room: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront City Terrace 7

Sunday, April 15, 2007 8:30AM - 8:42AM		H11.00001: Thermal and Nonthermal Radiation in SNRs from Efficient Shock Acceleration Don Ellison, Daniel Patnaude, Patrick Slane Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 8:42AM - 8:54AM		H11.00002: Nonlinear Diffusive Shock Acceleration with Magnetic Field Amplification Andrey Vladimirov, Don Ellison, Andrei Bykov Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 8:54AM - 9:06AM		H11.00003: Broken Symmetry and Coherent Structure in MHD Turbulence John Shebalin Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 9:06AM - 9:18AM		H11.00004: New Arecibo-DRAO deep probe of magnetized plasma in a supercluster environment Philipp Kronberg, Roland Kothes, Christopher Salter, Phil Perillat Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 9:18AM - 9:30AM		H11.00005: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 9:30AM - 9:45AM		H11.00006: Positron Annihilation in the Galaxy: Spatial Distribution and Spectral Characteristics Georg Weidenspointner, Juergen Knoedlseder, Pierre Jean, Gerry Skinner, Jean-Pierre Roques, Peter Milne, Roland Diehl Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 9:45AM - 10:00AM		H11.00007: Nucleosynthesis in the Galaxy as seen in diffuse radioactivity gamma-rays ($^{26}$Al, $^{60}$Fe) Roland Diehl Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 10:00AM - 10:15AM		H11.00008: High-energy Emission from Accreting Binaries: Constraints with SPI/INTEGRAL J.P. Roques Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 10:15AM - 10:30AM		H11.00009: Hard X-ray Emission from AGN and the Cosmic X-ray Background (CXB) Volker Beckmann, Neil Gehrels, Simona Soldi Preview Abstract

Session H12: Relativistic Simulations of Compact Binaries

Sponsoring Units: GGR
Chair: David Brown, North Carolina State University
Room: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront City Terrace 8

Sunday, April 15, 2007 8:30AM - 8:42AM		H12.00001: Simulations for the merger of black hole-neutron star binary in full general relativity. Koji Uryu, Masaru Shibata Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 8:42AM - 8:54AM		H12.00002: Efficient binary black hole simulations Wolfgang Tichy, Pedro Marronetti, Bernd Bruegmann, Jose Gonzalez, Mark Hannam, Sascha Husa, Ulrich Sperhake Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 8:54AM - 9:06AM		H12.00003: Compact body interactions and boson stars Carlos Palenzuela, Ignacio Olabarrieta, Luis Lehner, Steve Liebling Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 9:06AM - 9:18AM		H12.00004: Spin Dynamics in Black-Hole Binaries Yosef Zlochower, Manuela Campanelli, Carlos Lousto, Badri Krishnan, David Merritt Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 9:18AM - 9:30AM		H12.00005: Advances in Black-Hole Mergers: Spins and Unequal Masses Bernard Kelly, James van Meter, Sean McWilliams, Dae-Il Choi, Joan Centrella, William Darian Boggs, John Baker Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 9:30AM - 9:42AM		H12.00006: Applying Numerical Relativity Results to Massive Black Hole Binary Observation Sean McWilliams Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 9:42AM - 9:54AM		H12.00007: Reducing junk radiation and eccentricity in binary-black-hole initial data Geoffrey Lovelace, Harald Pfeiffer, Duncan Brown, Lee Lindblom, Mark Scheel, Lawrence Kidder Preview Abstract

Session H13: CP Violation

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Alexey Garmash, Princeton University
Room: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront City Terrace 9

Sunday, April 15, 2007 8:30AM - 8:42AM		H13.00001: $CP$~Violation in $B \to J/\psi X$ Modes Karen Gibson Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 8:42AM - 8:54AM		H13.00002: Measurement of the $CP$ Asymmetry in Semileptonic $B$~Decays at CDF Christopher Marino Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 8:54AM - 9:06AM		H13.00003: $CP$-violating asymmetries in $B^0 \rightarrow a_1(1260)^{\pm} \pi^{\mp}$ Simone Stracka Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 9:06AM - 9:18AM		H13.00004: Improved measurement of the $CP$ asymmetry amplitude $\sin 2\beta$ in charmonium final states at Babar Elisa Manoni Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 9:18AM - 9:30AM		H13.00005: Aspects of the $\sin2\beta$ measurement specific to the decay mode $B^0 \to J/\psi K^0_L$ Emilie Martin Preview Abstract

Session H14: Radiative and Penguin B Decays

Sponsoring Units: DPF
Chair: Steve Sekula, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront City Terrace 10

Sunday, April 15, 2007 8:30AM - 8:42AM		H14.00001: Search for $B \to K^{(*)} \nu \bar{\nu}$ Francesco Renga Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 8:42AM - 8:54AM		H14.00002: Study of $b \to d \gamma$ transitions with BaBar Tim Beck Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 8:54AM - 9:06AM		H14.00003: Study of $B\to K^*ll$ decays with BaBar Jennifer Watson Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 9:06AM - 9:18AM		H14.00004: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 9:18AM - 9:30AM		H14.00005: Measurement of the $B \to X_s \gamma$ branching fraction and photon energy Stephen Sekula Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 9:30AM - 9:42AM		H14.00006: Angular analysis of $B\to\phi K^*$ decays Yanyan Gao Preview Abstract

Session H15: Minisymposium on Hot, Dense Matter in Heavy Ion Collisions I

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Victoria Greene, Vanderbilt University
Room: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront City Terrace 11

Sunday, April 15, 2007 8:30AM - 9:06AM		H15.00001: Heavy Flavor for the Perfect Java (QGP) Invited Speaker: Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 9:06AM - 9:18AM		H15.00002: Heavy Flavor Hadrons in Statistical Hadronization of Strangeness-rich QGP Inga Kuznetsova, Johann Rafelski Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 9:18AM - 9:30AM		H15.00003: J/$\psi ->$e$^{+}$e$^{-}$ measurements in Cu+Cu collisions at $\surd $s$_{NN }$= 200 GeV Kushal Das Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 9:30AM - 9:42AM		H15.00004: Strangeness Chemical Equilibration in QGP at RHIC and LHC Jean Letessier, Johann Rafelski Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 9:42AM - 9:54AM		H15.00005: Azimuthal correlations with identified strange trigger particles in $Cu+Cu$ collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 200 GeV$ at RHIC Christine Nattrass Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 9:54AM - 10:06AM		H15.00006: Study of jet quenching mechanisms at RHIC via multi-hadron correlations Jeremy Callner Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 10:06AM - 10:18AM		H15.00007: Probing the hot medium using dihadron fragmentation functions in $Au-Au$ and $Cu-Cu$ collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 200 GeV $ at RHIC Oana Catu Preview Abstract

Session H16: Hadronic Physics II

Sponsoring Units: DNP
Chair: Reinhard Schumacher, Carnegie Mellon University
Room: Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront City Terrace 12

Sunday, April 15, 2007 8:30AM - 8:42AM		H16.00001: Baryon Resonance Form Factors at High Momentum Transfer. Paul Stoler Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 8:42AM - 8:54AM		H16.00002: Quark propagation and hadron formation in the nucleus Hayk Hakobyan, Will Brooks Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 8:54AM - 9:06AM		H16.00003: Simulation of semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering from polarized $ep$ collisions at proposed EIC energies Joseph Seele, Edward Kinney Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 9:06AM - 9:18AM		H16.00004: Beam Spin Asymmetry Measurements from Deeply Virtual exclusive Meson Production Bo Zhao, Rita De Masi, Michel Garcon, Kyungseon Joo, Valeri Koubarovski, Paul Stoler, Maurizio Ungaro Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 9:18AM - 9:30AM		H16.00005: Heavy Meson Mass Splittings Chandana Jayalath, Jose Goity Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 9:30AM - 9:42AM		H16.00006: Transverse Target Spin Asymmetry in exclusive vector meson production at HERMES Stephen Gliske, Wolfgang Lorenzon, Avetik Airapetian Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 9:42AM - 9:54AM		H16.00007: Gluons and Quarks Imprisoned by QCD Forces Carl Case Preview Abstract
Sunday, April 15, 2007 9:54AM - 10:06AM		H16.00008: Spin Effects in Forward Pion Production Len Eun Preview Abstract